Jon close
@joeyclose.bsky.social
Wealth editor and formerly credit guy at with intelligence.
...I mean come on.
The White House has accused Democrats of creating a ‘fake narrative to smear President Trump’ after another tranche of emails was released
Trump ‘knew about the girls’, Epstein said in emails released by Congress
The White House has accused Democrats of creating a ‘fake narrative to smear President Trump’ after another tranche of emails was released
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
...I mean come on.
I do not want pictures of trump in bikinis if the girls were also wearing them
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I do not want pictures of trump in bikinis if the girls were also wearing them
This moment being that traitors has finished.
The Trump Administration is now pushing Brits to watch GB News instead of the BBC. The Far Right are trying to seize this moment of chaos in British media.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This moment being that traitors has finished.
Hey people on the Internet. There's this neat trick you can do. Be a consumer of politics rather than an imaginary political leader. It's really liberating to just say 'I'm not buying that' rather than like 'here is a fully thought out riposte'.
October 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Hey people on the Internet. There's this neat trick you can do. Be a consumer of politics rather than an imaginary political leader. It's really liberating to just say 'I'm not buying that' rather than like 'here is a fully thought out riposte'.
People are shitting on this, but give it a week and that'll be exactly what it wants.
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
buff.ly
October 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
People are shitting on this, but give it a week and that'll be exactly what it wants.
Hills are very defendable is the hill I'm willing to....wait, why are we all dying on hills?
October 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Hills are very defendable is the hill I'm willing to....wait, why are we all dying on hills?
Actually, 'Don't know' is Britain's top choice. Which, given it's a poll of PMs I think probably should be counted as an affirmative vote.
On the centenary of her birth, Margaret Thatcher is Britons' top choice for best PM of the last 50 years
Margaret Thatcher: 29%
Tony Blair: 12%
Harold Wilson: 6%
Boris Johnson: 4%
Gordon Brown: 3%
David Cameron: 3%
John Major: 2%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Margaret Thatcher: 29%
Tony Blair: 12%
Harold Wilson: 6%
Boris Johnson: 4%
Gordon Brown: 3%
David Cameron: 3%
John Major: 2%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Actually, 'Don't know' is Britain's top choice. Which, given it's a poll of PMs I think probably should be counted as an affirmative vote.
"running it by compliance"
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"Lost the Glardon Gauge"
"Lost the Glardon Gauge"
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"I just signed it"
"I just signed it"
October 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"running it by compliance"
If taxation is theft, and the borders need to be tight. Aren't they always hostages?
White House on govt shutdown: Democrats continue to hold people of U.S. hostage
October 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If taxation is theft, and the borders need to be tight. Aren't they always hostages?
Next best thing as in, it can't bring the dead to the living, but it can bring living to the dead?
AI can’t raise the dead, but it might do the next best thing on.ft.com/4gFXyus | opinion
AI can’t raise the dead, but it might do the next best thing
Rapid advances in generative AI and voice technology mean communicating with the deceased will no longer be sci-fi
on.ft.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Next best thing as in, it can't bring the dead to the living, but it can bring living to the dead?
When you think about it, Simon & Garfunkel really started the true crime podcast thing off in 1969
September 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
When you think about it, Simon & Garfunkel really started the true crime podcast thing off in 1969
counterpoint, this is the usual flight route around Europe to avoid being arrested for war crimes.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to the US took a circuitous route in an apparent effort to avoid countries that could enforce an outstanding arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes.
https://cnn.it/46ENKMT
https://cnn.it/46ENKMT
September 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
counterpoint, this is the usual flight route around Europe to avoid being arrested for war crimes.
I'm like a professional pessmist, so I'm kind of tickled by the fact someone just agreed to buy almost all my wife's paintings 9 days before a big show that she's paid upfront to be at.
September 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'm like a professional pessmist, so I'm kind of tickled by the fact someone just agreed to buy almost all my wife's paintings 9 days before a big show that she's paid upfront to be at.
I bet the guy who invented jogging bottoms is feeling pretty relieved. Must've thought it was all over when shorts came out.
September 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I bet the guy who invented jogging bottoms is feeling pretty relieved. Must've thought it was all over when shorts came out.
Macdonalds.
Key takeaways from the Trump-Starmer press conference
Key takeaways from the Trump-Starmer press conference
The US and UK leaders fielded questions on Ukraine, migration, free speech and Mandelson among other issues.
www.bbc.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Macdonalds.
How come all the military stuff is still always iron something?
Iron cross-okay, but we have better crosses.
Iron curtain - barely makes figurative sense.
Iron laser - oh come on!
Iron cross-okay, but we have better crosses.
Iron curtain - barely makes figurative sense.
Iron laser - oh come on!
September 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
How come all the military stuff is still always iron something?
Iron cross-okay, but we have better crosses.
Iron curtain - barely makes figurative sense.
Iron laser - oh come on!
Iron cross-okay, but we have better crosses.
Iron curtain - barely makes figurative sense.
Iron laser - oh come on!
Jokes on you. I only eat Sardinian food anyway!
(Low key have wanted to go to this one restaurant in Sardinia since I saw it on a food show once 20years ago that was probably filmed before i was born)
(Low key have wanted to go to this one restaurant in Sardinia since I saw it on a food show once 20years ago that was probably filmed before i was born)
For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?
For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...
For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...
September 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Jokes on you. I only eat Sardinian food anyway!
(Low key have wanted to go to this one restaurant in Sardinia since I saw it on a food show once 20years ago that was probably filmed before i was born)
(Low key have wanted to go to this one restaurant in Sardinia since I saw it on a food show once 20years ago that was probably filmed before i was born)
Reposted by Jon close
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
well....my job probably just got a lot weirder.
NEW YORK (AP) — New Trump order could open up Americans’ 401(k) retirement accounts to invest in private equity and cryptocurrencies.
August 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
well....my job probably just got a lot weirder.
Reposted by Jon close
NEW YORK (AP) — New Trump order could open up Americans’ 401(k) retirement accounts to invest in private equity and cryptocurrencies.
August 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — New Trump order could open up Americans’ 401(k) retirement accounts to invest in private equity and cryptocurrencies.
This story contains the most German quote I've ever heard. (expressing how hard German engineers worked to urgently repair a Patriot system)
"they worked Monday to Saturday, 16 hours a day"
mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ge...
"they worked Monday to Saturday, 16 hours a day"
mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ge...
August 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This story contains the most German quote I've ever heard. (expressing how hard German engineers worked to urgently repair a Patriot system)
"they worked Monday to Saturday, 16 hours a day"
mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ge...
"they worked Monday to Saturday, 16 hours a day"
mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ge...
I cannot stress this enough, Eva Longoria's character in particular is in an abusive relationship with a stockbroker and they're making a huge deal of having like a $20k necklace. John Hamm is a stockbroker who steals $200k watches people forget they own.
If you want a fun sign of the times, watch that awful Jon Hamm show, and then watch the original desperate housewives. Like they have a kind of similar premise, but the difference in wealth and detachment is staggering.
August 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I cannot stress this enough, Eva Longoria's character in particular is in an abusive relationship with a stockbroker and they're making a huge deal of having like a $20k necklace. John Hamm is a stockbroker who steals $200k watches people forget they own.
If you want a fun sign of the times, watch that awful Jon Hamm show, and then watch the original desperate housewives. Like they have a kind of similar premise, but the difference in wealth and detachment is staggering.
August 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you want a fun sign of the times, watch that awful Jon Hamm show, and then watch the original desperate housewives. Like they have a kind of similar premise, but the difference in wealth and detachment is staggering.
It's not important, but my understanding of American politics is such that I understand this skeet, but it implies there are also dog senators in Montana....I assume there aren't
Today on Volts: Montana has suffered from a severe housing crisis. In response, over the last two sessions, the legislature passed a series of sweeping housing reforms, everything from legalizing ADUs and duplexes to getting rid of parking mandates. How did they do it? I talk with two leg leaders.
A closer look at Montana's housing "miracle"
Two Montana senators explain how they made housing reform work across party lines.
www.volts.wtf
July 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It's not important, but my understanding of American politics is such that I understand this skeet, but it implies there are also dog senators in Montana....I assume there aren't
Okay, hear me out. An unapologetically AI political party. Just read from a laptop at debates and stuff. It would just genuinely be interesting to see how our politics would react and how it would probably highlight AI's flaws.
July 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Okay, hear me out. An unapologetically AI political party. Just read from a laptop at debates and stuff. It would just genuinely be interesting to see how our politics would react and how it would probably highlight AI's flaws.